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  1. britannica.com

    The area that is now Rwanda is believed to have been initially settled by the Twa, who were closely followed by the Hutu, probably sometime between the 5th and 11th centuries, and then by the Tutsi beginning in the 14th century. Tutsi traditions trace the birth of the Rwanda kingdom to the miraculous feats of its founding hero, Gihanga, whose coming to Rwanda is said to have coincided with the ...
  2. en.wikipedia.org

    Human occupation of Rwanda is thought to have begun shortly after the last ice age.By the 11th century, [1] the inhabitants had organized into a number of kingdoms. In the 19th century, Mwami Rwabugiri of the Kingdom of Rwanda conducted a decades-long process of military conquest and administrative consolidation that resulted in the kingdom coming to control most of what is now Rwanda.
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    Rwanda is occupied by Belgian forces. 1922: 20 July: Rwanda-Urundi are joined as a League of Nations mandate, governed by Belgium. [1] 1933: All citizens in Rwanda-Urundi are issued with an identity card defining their ethnicity. 1943: Famine affects the region. 1945: Rwanda-Urundi becomes a United Nations Trust Territory. 1957: The Hutu ...
  5. allaboutrwanda.com

    Later, in 1925, Rwanda-Urundi becomes an integral part of the Belgian Colony Government under the name of Rwanda-Urundi and Belgian Congo. 1931 Belgium forces King Musinga to abdicate his throne, who is then exiled in Kamembe (current province of Cyangugu), near the Rwanda-DRC border. He is succeeded by his son, King Rudahigwa Mutara III.
  6. sahistory.org.za

    Rwanda is a land-locked Country located in the Eastern part of Africa.People began settling in the area as early as 10.000BCE.After several successive waves of migrations Rwanda saw the formation of several smaller Kingdoms in the 1100s; and by the 1500s a larger and more centralised kingdom known as the Kingdom of Rwanda emerged.The Kingdom of Rwanda was ruled by the Mwami (King), and the ...
  7. ourhistory.org.uk

    Rwanda's history stretches back to at least 10,000 BCE when the first inhabitants settled in the area during the Neolithic period. These early settlers, known as the Twa people, were hunter-gatherers who lived in the forests and engaged in hunting, gathering, and pottery crafting.
  8. historyworld.net

    The first European to enter Rwanda is a German, Count von Götzen, who visits the court of Rwabugiri in 1894. The next year the king dies. With Rwanda in turmoil over the succession, the Germans move in (in 1897, from Tanzania) to claim the region for the Kaiser. At the same time they claim Burundi, a separate kingdom to the south.
  9. africa.upenn.edu

    History Language Religion ... Rwanda -- History . Pre-Colonial History Twa, Hutu and Tutsi are the three peoples who inhabit Rwanda. The Twa, who number less than 1% percent of the population and are pygmies. ... transition period was reached on October 12. With several political matters unsettled, a partial protocol was signed on October 31 ...
  10. african-volunteer.net

    Rwanda History Timeline. A brief history of ancient Rwanda before colonization, continuing the timeline through its colonial period to the Hutu and Tutsi genocide of 1994. Tags: Rwanda History, Rwanda History Timeline, History of Rwanda Before Colonization, Ancient Rwanda History, Rwanda Colonial History, Rwanda Hutu and Tutsi Genocide History

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  1. History of Rwanda

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    Human occupation of Rwanda is thought to have begun shortly after the last ice age. By the 11th century, the inhabitants had organized into a number of kingdoms. In the 19th century, Mwami Rwabugiri of the Kingdom of Rwanda conducted a decades-long process of military conquest and administrative consolidation that resulted in the kingdom coming to control most of what is now Rwanda. The colonial powers, Germany and Belgium, allied with the Rwandan court. A convergence of anti-colonial, and anti-Tutsi sentiment resulted in Belgium granting national independence in 1962. Direct elections resulted in a representative government dominated by the majority Hutu under President Grégoire Kayibanda. Unsettled ethnic and political tensions were worsened when Juvénal Habyarimana, who was also Hutu, seized power in 1973. In 1990, the Rwandan Patriotic Front, a rebel group composed of 10,000 Tutsi refugees from previous decades of unrest, invaded the country, starting the Rwandan Civil War. Wikipedia

    CapitalKigali
    DemonymRwandan
    CurrencyRwandan franc
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